Reports: Titans owner Bud Adams dies at 90

Summary of 14 articles · Updated Oct 21, 2013

Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams died Monday at the age of 90. I’ve felt for years that Adams deserves to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Titans owner K.S. "Bud" Adams Jr. has died in his Houston home. He was 90. Houston lost another iconic… (more) member of its football community on Monday. Tennessee Titans owner K.S. "Bud" Adams, Jr. has died at the age of 90,according to the team.Adams was the longest tenured owner in the league. “Although Lamar’s Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs and Bud’s Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans were natural rivals on the field, Lamar and Bud enjoyed a friendship that spanned five decades and saw the emergence of pro football as America’s Game. Primarily because he fired Phillips after six years, including three consecutive playoff appearances, and moved the Oilers to Nashville, Adams was loathed in Houston. Here, at the bye week of his third year, Munchak’s got a struggling 3-4 team that still lacks an identity, that can be quite undisciplined, that’s overly-reliant on defense, that shows little innovation on offense and that is still centered around an offensive line that's not great and a running back who can’t make anyone miss.

Munchak: Bud Adams 'will always be here'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After Mike Munchak was the first-round draft pick of the Houston Oilers in 1982, he visited with owner Bud Adams. Adams was the first Texan he’d met, and had the biggest desk Munchak had ever seen. It was the start of a 31-year-long …

Chiefs' Hunt remembers Bud Adams

Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt issued a statement on Monday on the passing of Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams. Adams and the late Lamar Hunt were original members of "The Foolish Club" that founded the American Football League.

Fisher pays his respects to Bud Adams

Adams helped Nashville become an 'It' city

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- While he may always rank as a villain in Houston for moving the beloved Oilers, Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams is the man most responsible for transforming Music City into a major-league city and, in turn, an “It” city. Adams died …

Munchak not showing improvement

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sure, the Titans just faced three tough defenses during a three-game losing streak. Coach Mike Munchak got the people he wanted on his coaching staff and his roster during the offseason. He didn't then say, "We'll be a much bett…

What's next for Titans ownership?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As Bud Adams got older, with no clear-cut successor in place, the question was asked more frequently: What will happen to the franchise when he passes away? Many of us were told that a strong plan was in place that would help the fra…